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Ecodesign intelligence

Ecodesign intelligence for designing better products

Vanuiq turns the product data you already have into sustainability scores and concrete design improvements.

Vanuiq provides indicative screening and design signals based on published EU methodologies. It does not issue compliance determinations, regulatory grades, or certifications.

A walkthrough on a product you know.

Carbon65Repairability69Recyclability80Substances51Recycled content23Upgradability63Packaging4657.8

Screenshots show a sample product.

Aligned with published EU methodologies

  • ESPR
  • PPWR
  • EN 45554
  • WEEE
  • REACH / RoHS

The gap

The ambition is set. The design decisions are where it stalls.

Companies have sustainability ambitions, and EU environmental legislation and standards keep arriving. But the teams who decide what a product is actually made of are rarely equipped to act on either.

  • Specialist knowledge sits elsewhere

    Ecodesign methodologies, material data and EU requirements live with a few specialists, not with the engineers choosing parts and materials.

  • There is never enough time

    A proper assessment takes weeks of gathering, chasing and modelling. Design timelines do not have weeks in them.

  • No metrics where decisions are made

    By the time results exist, the design is frozen. At the point of choice there is no number to compare one option against another.

How it works

Ecodesign made easy

  1. 01You upload your product data

    Whatever you already have: a bill of materials, CAD, photographs, manuals.

  2. 02Vanuiq processes, analyses and calculates

    Your files are synthesised into one product profile, then assessed using published EU methodologies.

  3. 03You get results you can design with

    • Results across ecodesign criteria
    • Hotspot analyses
    • Clear design recommendations

Upload any document that describes your product

  • STEP files

    Geometry and assembly structure

  • Bills of materials

    Parts, masses, materials, suppliers

  • Product photographs

    Internal and external views

  • Service manuals

    Disassembly and repair information

And any other file that contains relevant data about your product: 2D drawings, technical specifications, test reports.

The product

From scattered files to a scored product, with the engineer in the loop

AI synthesises your data into one product profile

Every file is parsed and merged into a single master profile: the full bill of materials, mass by material, the metadata the methodologies need. Your engineers validate and correct the AI’s work at human-in-the-loop checkpoints before anything is scored.

Product profile: mass by material, and the bill of materials with the rows the AI split.

Quantitative results across seven areas

Each area is assessed using the published EU methodology that applies to it, and each comes with the breakdown behind the number, so an engineer can argue with it.

  • Carbon footprint

    Cradle-to-gate CO₂e, broken down by assembly and by material or process.

  • Aligned with

    • RoHS
    • REACH SVHC
    • Annex XIV
    • POPs

    Substances

    Screens for restricted substances, applicable exemptions, and which parts still need a supplier declaration.

  • Recycled content

    Mass-weighted recycled share by material family.

  • Repairability

    Criterion profile and ranked improvement priorities.

  • Recyclability

    Material fate and the parts that drive the losses.

  • Upgradability

    Which components can be upgraded, and what blocks the rest.

  • Aligned with

    • ZSVR minimum standard

    Packaging

    Recyclability screened against the ZSVR minimum standard, in preparation for PPWR grading.

One Ecoscore

Combined into one Ecoscore

The seven areas roll up into a single Ecoscore, with a breakdown showing how much each dimension contributed. You see which area is holding the product back, then open the one that matters.

Carbon65Repairability69Recyclability80Substances51Recycled content23Upgradability63Packaging4657.8
  1. Carbon65
  2. Repairability69
  3. Recyclability80
  4. Substances51
  5. Recycled content23
  6. Upgradability63
  7. Packaging46
  8. Ecoscore57.8 · C

Design recommendations, measured by re-running the engine

The AI proposes specific changes: this material, on this part; this joint, made separable. Each is re-run through the scoring engine on the modified product, so the gain is measured rather than estimated, and each states its ecodesign, performance, cost and supply trade-offs.

Recommendations: one card expanded, with its measured before-and-after and the four trade-off panels.

An action plan with a projected Ecoscore

Your engineers evaluate the recommendations into a plan, and Vanuiq projects what the Ecoscore becomes if the plan is delivered, dimension by dimension.

Screenshots show a sample product.

Who it is for

Built for the people who decide what a product is made of

  • Product design engineers

    You need a sustainability signal at the moment you choose a material or a part, not months afterwards.

  • Sustainability and ecodesign specialists

    You are spread across too many products. Vanuiq does the first pass, so your time goes to the calls that need you.

  • Compliance and regulatory leads

    You are preparing for EU requirements and need to know where each product stands before anyone asks.

Plans

One engineer, a team, or the whole portfolio

  • Individual

    For consultants and individual engineers.

    • One user
    • All six product dimensions
    • Ecoscore with dimension breakdown
    • AI recommendations and action plan
    • A limited number of products per year
    Request a quote
  • Teams

    For product engineering, sustainability and compliance teams working together.

    • Multiple users with a shared workspace
    • Everything in Individual
    • Packaging recyclability screened against the ZSVR minimum standard, in preparation for PPWR grading
    • A higher product volume
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  • Enterprise

    For organisations assessing at portfolio scale.

    • Unlimited users
    • Portfolio-scale volume
    • Direct access to the founder
    • Integration and security requirements handled case by case
    Request a quote

Priced by the number of products you assess each year, not per user.

Vanuiq provides indicative screening and design signals based on published EU methodologies. It does not issue compliance determinations, regulatory grades, or certifications.

FAQ

The questions we get asked first

Is the Ecoscore a compliance grade?
No. Vanuiq provides indicative screening and design signals based on published EU methodologies. It does not issue compliance determinations, regulatory grades or certifications. Use it to steer design decisions and to know where a product stands before a formal assessment, not in place of one.
Which methodologies is the scoring based on?
Each area is assessed using the published EU methodology or standard that applies to it: the ESPR framework for ecodesign, the ZSVR minimum standard for packaging recyclability, in preparation for PPWR grading, the EN 45554 family of standards for repairability and upgradability, WEEE product categories for recyclability, and REACH and RoHS for substances of concern. Carbon footprint and recycled content are calculated from the bill of materials with published emission factors and material data.
What do I need to upload?
Whatever you already have. A bill of materials is the most useful single file; STEP models, product photographs, service manuals, drawings and specifications each add detail. Vanuiq shows a data-quality score alongside the results, so you can see how much the numbers rest on.
What does the AI decide on its own?
Nothing that is scored. The AI parses your files into a product profile and later proposes design recommendations. Your engineers validate the profile at human-in-the-loop checkpoints before scoring, and every recommendation states its ecodesign, performance, cost and supply trade-offs for them to judge.
How is Vanuiq licensed?
Priced by the number of products you assess each year, not per user. There are three plans, and every one of them starts with a conversation, so request a quote and we will come back with a proposal.

Book a demo

See it on one of your own products

Book a walkthrough and we will run it against a product you know, so you can judge the output against your own engineering knowledge.